SUFC Opening game to be shown live

Sheffield United and Notts County will kick off the 2013/14 Football League season after Sky TV chose their game for live coverage.

The game will now take place at Bramall Lane on Friday 2nd August (7.45pm).

The game is also marking the 125th anniversary of the Football League.

The Football League chose six games in the Football League on the opening weekend of the season to mark the anniversary.

Bramall Lane is the oldest professional sports ground in the world and Notts County are the oldest professional football club in the world.

Vital Sheffield United is now available on both facebook and twitter, so if you are that way inclined and more importantly understand all this new fangled dangled stuff, feel free to watch us, poke us or whatever else you are meant to do there!